<p>After a gap of nearly four months, Mumbai's suburban train services were scaled to 95 per cent of pre-Covid levels on Monday marking a major increase in passengers.</p>.<p>The Maharashtra government has allowed people who have received both doses of Covid-19 vaccines to travel in suburban local trains of the Mumbai metropolitan region (MMR), coinciding with the Independence Day festivities.</p>.<p>Both the Central Railway (CR) and Western Railway (WR) are running services at 95 per cent services of the pre-Covid-19 levels.</p>.<p>The CR is running 1,686 services as against the pre-Covid services of 1,774 services.</p>.<p>The WR is running 1,300 services as against the pre-Covid services of 1,367 services.</p>.<p>The CR-WR suburban network is spread over 390 km – and considered the lifeline of Mumbai – as it carries over 70 to 80 lakh commuters daily.</p>.<p>Spread across six lines covering 390-odd km and 157 stations in the MMR comprising five districts of Mumbai City, Mumbai Suburban, Thane, Palghar and Raigad, the city is highly dependent on the railway network.</p>.<p>The CR-WR used to collectively run around 3,000 services daily in the MMR.</p>.<p>The Maharashtra government had launched the ‘Universal Travel Pass’ or e-pass facility for passengers.</p>
<p>After a gap of nearly four months, Mumbai's suburban train services were scaled to 95 per cent of pre-Covid levels on Monday marking a major increase in passengers.</p>.<p>The Maharashtra government has allowed people who have received both doses of Covid-19 vaccines to travel in suburban local trains of the Mumbai metropolitan region (MMR), coinciding with the Independence Day festivities.</p>.<p>Both the Central Railway (CR) and Western Railway (WR) are running services at 95 per cent services of the pre-Covid-19 levels.</p>.<p>The CR is running 1,686 services as against the pre-Covid services of 1,774 services.</p>.<p>The WR is running 1,300 services as against the pre-Covid services of 1,367 services.</p>.<p>The CR-WR suburban network is spread over 390 km – and considered the lifeline of Mumbai – as it carries over 70 to 80 lakh commuters daily.</p>.<p>Spread across six lines covering 390-odd km and 157 stations in the MMR comprising five districts of Mumbai City, Mumbai Suburban, Thane, Palghar and Raigad, the city is highly dependent on the railway network.</p>.<p>The CR-WR used to collectively run around 3,000 services daily in the MMR.</p>.<p>The Maharashtra government had launched the ‘Universal Travel Pass’ or e-pass facility for passengers.</p>
